Friday, May 23, 2008

Cavendish Counters; Two in a Row for I'd Fight Gandhi

There are really only two players in the fight for sprint supremecy in this year's Giro: Daniele Bennati and Mark Cavendish. Bennati won yesterday, even though Cavendish had a bigger kick. But the young man fron the Isle of Man got his revenge today. He beat Bennati by well over a bike length. Koldo Fernandez was third. But perhaps the most exciting thing about today is that it's done. The race begins in earnest tomorrow, with three killer stages in the Dolomites.

Over in the FGBC pool, we have a repeat of yesterday's podium. Sprinter-heavy I'd Fight Gandhi takes another win with 290 points, followed by Listen Up Maggots and Ikea Nesting Instinct with 215 and 185 points respectively.

Bring on the mountains. This race is about to blow wide open. If only the same could be said for the FGBC Pool.

Top 20:

1 CAVENDISH Mark GBR THR 4:11:07 0:00 20"
2 BENNATI Daniele ITA LIQ 4:11:07 0:00 14"
3 FERNANDEZ Koldo ESP EUS 4:11:07 0:00 8"
4 ZABEL Erik GER MRM 4:11:07 0:00
5 DEAN Julian NZL TSL 4:11:07 0:00
6 LORENZETTO Mirco ITA LAM 4:11:07 0:00
7 USOV Alexandre BLR ALM 4:11:07 0:00
8 TRUSSOV Nikolai RUS TCS 4:11:07 0:00
9 MCEWEN Robbie AUS SIL 4:11:07 0:00
10 BROWN Graeme AUS RAB 4:11:07 0:00
11 GATTO Oscar ITA GST 4:11:07 0:00
12 HAYMAN Mathew AUS RAB 4:11:07 0:00
13 JEGOU Lilian FRA FDJ 4:11:07 0:00
14 FORSTER Robert GER GST 4:11:07 0:00
15 MISSAGLIA Gabriele ITA SDA 4:11:07 0:00
16 SCOGNAMIGLIO Carlo ITA BAR 4:11:07 0:00
17 SEROV Alexander RUS TCS 4:11:07 0:00
18 PAGLIARINI Luciano BRA SDV 4:11:07 0:00
19 PEREZ ARANGO Marlon A. COL GCE 4:11:07 0:00
20 BAZAYEV Assan KAZ AST 4:11:07 0:00


GC after stage 13:

1 VISCONTI Giovanni ITA QST 57:17:06 0:00
2 BOSISIO Gabriele ITA LPR 57:22:56 5:50
3 CONTADOR Alberto ESP AST 57:24:05 6:59
4 KLODEN Andreas GER AST 57:24:47 7:41
5 NIBALI Vincenzo ITA LIQ 57:24:57 7:51
6 BRUSEGHIN Marzio ITA LAM 57:24:58 7:52
7 SAVOLDELLI Paolo ITA LPR 57:25:02 7:56
8 DI LUCA Danilo ITA LPR 57:25:26 8:20
9 LARSSON Gustav Erik SWE CSC 57:25:37 8:31
10 RICCO' Riccardo ITA SDV 57:25:38 8:32
11 SIMONI Gilberto ITA SDA 57:26:03 8:57
12 MENCHOV Denis RUS RAB 57:26:03 8:57
13 PELLIZOTTI Franco ITA LIQ 57:26:08 9:02
14 LEIPHEIMER Levi USA AST 57:26:16 9:10
15 VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen BEL SIL 57:26:36 9:30
16 VANDEVELDE Christian USA TSL 57:26:39 9:33
17 PINOTTI Marco ITA THR 57:26:49 9:43
18 PETROV Evgeni RUS TCS 57:26:54 9:48
19 VEIKKANEN Jussi FIN FDJ 57:27:14 10:08
20 CARDENAS Felix Rafael COL BAR 57:27:20 10:14


Today's Results:

I'd Fight Gandhi (Matt) 290
Listen Up Maggots (Arlene) 215
Ikea Nesting Instinct (Tomek) 185
I'll Take the Parasites (Chris) 155
Tonight We Make Soap (Rachel) 150
You Met Me at a Very Strange Time in My Life (Jonny G) 135
His Name Was Robert Paulson (Bill) 115
A Predator Posing as a House Pet (Andy) 80
Chloe's Libido (Johnny M) 75
First You Have to Give Up (Craig) 70
Skinny Guys Fight 'Til They're Burger (Jonny B) 60
I am Jack's Smirking Revenge (Brad) 60
You Are Not a Beautiful or Unique Snowflake (Dallas) 35
Gasoline and Frozen Orange Juice (Paddy) 35
Grande Latte Enema (James) 25
Remaining Men Together (David S) 5
OALETTSRFEDTZ (Colin) 0
Near Life Experience (LeAnn) 0
A House Full of Condiments and No Food … How Embarrasing (Darryl) 0
Project Mayhem (Donna) 0
Stomach Full of Xanax (Laura) 0
Controlled Destruction (Ian) 0
Grade School Girlfriend (Adam) 0
The Most Beautiful Day of Raymond K. Hessel's Life (Charlene) 0
Chemical Burn (Cam) 0
B Times C Equals X (Hal) 0


Overall Standings:

Listen Up Maggots (Arlene) 2144
I'd Fight Gandhi (Matt) 1788
Ikea Nesting Instinct (Tomek) 1583
You Are Not a Beautiful or Unique Snowflake (Dallas) 1392
Tonight We Make Soap (Rachel) 1384
A Predator Posing as a House Pet (Andy) 1352
Skinny Guys Fight 'Til They're Burger (Jonny B) 1340
Grande Latte Enema (James) 1291
Gasoline and Frozen Orange Juice (Paddy) 1266
I'll Take the Parasites (Chris) 1259
I am Jack's Smirking Revenge (Brad) 1078
OALETTSRFEDTZ (Colin) 1060
Chloe's Libido (Johnny M) 1040
His Name Was Robert Paulson (Bill) 1001
Grade School Girlfriend (Adam) 969
Stomach Full of Xanax (Laura) 929
Remaining Men Together (David S) 927
B Times C Equals X (Hal) 921
Controlled Destruction (Ian) 880
You Met Me at a Very Strange Time in My Life (Jonny G) 831
The Most Beautiful Day of Raymond K. Hessel's Life (Charlene) 754
First You Have to Give Up (Craig) 590
Project Mayhem (Donna) 584
Near Life Experience (LeAnn) 565
Chemical Burn (Cam) 513
A House Full of Condiments and No Food … How Embarrasing (Darryl) 457

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